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Federal Agents Head to California and Nevada as DHS Opens Noncitizen Voting Probe

September 1, 2026 1:51 pmSeptember 1, 2026 1:51 pm

The Department of Homeland Security is sending Homeland Security Investigations agents into California and Nevada this week as part of a nine-state “coordinated criminal voter fraud surge” aimed at noncitizens who registered or voted, according to an exclusive report by...

Protecting Kids Means Protecting Them From This Too

September 1, 2026 12:00 pmSeptember 1, 2026 12:26 pm

A few weeks ago I sat down with Chloe Cole. She was 15 the first time a doctor put her on puberty blockers. By 16, she’d undergone a double mastectomy. She told me, plainly, that no one in the room,...

The Kissing Cousins of the Affordability Crises

September 1, 2026 10:40 amSeptember 1, 2026 10:40 am

There is no denying the fact that the affordability crisis is real. Our housing costs are beyond the reach of most citizens, especially young adults, and food, fuel, electricity, and even water, are more expensive than in other states too. ...

Sacramento Just Turned Off the Lights

September 1, 2026 9:25 amSeptember 1, 2026 9:25 am

I have spent thirty years chasing fraud in the financial services industry as a court-designated expert witness in federal and state courts. The first lesson you learn in that line of work is simple. Fraud does not survive in the...

When Does Governor Newsom Have to Act on the September 1 Bills?

September 1, 2026 7:30 amSeptember 1, 2026 7:30 am

Are SB 492 (Becker) the wildfire bill, SB 113 (Laird) the Budget Bill Junior, and other bills passed on Tuesday, September 1 subject to the September 30 constitutional deadline for Governor Gavin Newsom to act on bills sent to his...

Chart of 72-Hour Bills in the California Legislature

September 1, 2026 2:30 amSeptember 1, 2026 2:31 am

Since the voters of California adopted Prop. 54 at the November 2016 General Elections, bills in the California Legislature must be “in print” and available on the Internet in their “final form” for at least 72 hours before a Floor...

Why Did the Current Year Budget Bill Junior Require an Urgency Clause?

August 31, 2026 7:21 pmAugust 31, 2026 7:21 pm

Why does the Budget Bill Junior for the 2026 Act (SB 113) require an urgency clause when all budget-related bills take effect immediately pursuant to Proposition 25? The concern is that a number of provisions of the Budget Bill Junior...